The Lounge: The self-hosted web IRC client
The Lounge is a free, open-source web IRC client that offers modern features like offline connectivity, responsive design for various devices, and multi-user support for sharing servers among friends.
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The Lounge is a self-hosted web IRC client designed to provide a modern and user-friendly experience for IRC users. It features push notifications, link previews, and file uploads, enhancing the traditional IRC functionality. One of its key advantages is the ability to remain connected to IRC servers even when offline, allowing users to resume their sessions seamlessly across different devices without the need for bouncers. The interface is responsive, ensuring compatibility with desktops, smartphones, and tablets. The Lounge is free and open-source, licensed under the MIT license, and operates across various operating systems where Node.js is supported. Additionally, it supports multiple user accounts, enabling users to share their server with friends.
- The Lounge is a modern web IRC client with enhanced features.
- Users can stay connected to IRC servers offline and resume sessions on any device.
- The client is responsive and works on desktops, smartphones, and tablets.
- It is free, open-source, and licensed under the MIT license.
- Multi-user support allows sharing of servers among friends.
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2 commentsIt has a pretty nasty bug that affects me on OFTC.
I set my nick in the server settings in the app. I also use a client cert for authentication.
There seems to be a race condition at some point during a connection where it fails to authenticate. When that happens, The Lounge helpfully changes my nick to `<nick><counter>`, and keeps increasing that counter until it finds something that works (I'm not sure what's the algorithm here).
So far, so good. I could just disconnect and reconnect to retry. That's not the case though, as The Lounge changes my server settings to reflect the "new" nick. So now I have to edit the connection settings to remove the counter, save it, and only then try to connect again. Most times it works but sometimes I'm back with a new counter.
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